Dremel, w/ cutoff wheel?
Abrasive cut-off saw?
Bolt cutters def'ly won't do it.
Machine shop suppliers sell a very fine non-reinforced 1/32 thick cutoff
wheel for surface grinders, if you are pushed this far. Breaks easily, tho.
Dremel should do it.

I was always suspicious of these ferrules/crimping, etc. on wire rope.
Can't quite believe that this type of connection is as strong as the rope
itself.
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Mr. P.V.'d
formerly Droll Troll
"SteveB" wrote in message
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I made up a wire rope cable to put across a driveway. One end was already
looped with a thimble and ferrule.

On the other end, I was trying to cut the cable with some good bolt
cutters, but couldn't get it good enough to fit through the tight ferrule.

Am I missing something?

Do I need to put solder on the wire rope, then cut it with a grinding
wheel to get a nice enough end to put through the ferrule? I am using the
ferrule that has room for two cables in it, and they fit tight. If there
is ANY frayed wires, it won't go through.

Do I need a better pair of bolt cutters? Mine is American and good, but
it just smashes them down. This is pretty tough cable, and has several
strands around an inner spiraled core strand. It is 1/4".

Suggestions?

Steve

there arew two types of crimp ferrules , lifting rated which run about 60
apiece and non lifting rated which run about

12 each


I just spent two days making up lifting slings with the expensive ones and
5/16 wire rope 6x19 , a real pita


they work like a charm though

"williamhenry" wrote in message
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there arew two types of crimp ferrules , lifting rated which run about 60
apiece and non lifting rated which run about

12 each


I just spent two days making up lifting slings with the expensive ones and
5/16 wire rope 6x19 , a real pita


they work like a charm though



Nothing works like good rigging. I ran a 30 ton crane on an offshore
platform for three years. It was always a pleasure to have new slings, or
just those that didn't have crushed wires, baskets, or fish hooks sticking
out.

I was really damn fussy about rigging, and taught my guys how to do it
right. We never dropped anything, and never destroyed any rigging.

We used a lot of 5/8" wire rope slings with socketed eyes.

And, even though making the slings can be a PITA, when they are working and
working right, it is a beautiful thing next to the alternative.

Steve